The Smart Guide to the Montana Bar Exam

A Guide to Mastering the Montana Bar Exam

Montana Bar Exam Format

Montana Bar Exam Sections - MBE 200 Multiple Choice, MPT 2 Writing Assignments, MEE 6 Essays

Montana is a Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) jurisdiction. All UBE jurisdictions use the same 3 sections:

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Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)

200 multiple choice
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Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)

6 essays
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Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

2 writing assignments

Montana Bar Exam Dates

Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
July 2024 exam: July 30-31, 2024

*The Montana Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.

How to Prepare for
the Montana Bar Exam

(FREE Study Guides)

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Contact Info

State Bar of Montana
33 South Last Chance Gulch, Ste. 1B
Helena, MT 59624

Website:      https://www.montanabar.org/
Phone:        (406) 447-2210
Fax:             (406) 442-7763

Frequency Charts

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Subjects Tested on Montana Bar Exam

MEE Essay Subjects

  1. Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, LLC’s)
  2. Civil Procedure
  3. Conflict of Laws
  4. Constitutional Law
  5. Contracts
  6. Criminal Law & Procedure
  7. Evidence
  8. Family Law
  9. Real Property
  10. Secured Transactions
  11. Torts
  12. Trusts & Future Interests
  13. Wills & Estates

MBE Subjects

  1. Civil Procedure
  2. Constitutional Law
  3. Contracts
  4. Criminal Law & Procedure
  5. Evidence
  6. Real property
  7. Torts

Minimum Passing Score

For Montana, the UBE minimum passing score is 266.

Jurisdiction-Specific Component

YES

Montana Law Seminar attendance is required prior to admission. The course is offered the day after the bar exam.

This jurisdiction-specific component is given separately from the bar exam.